1 day ago
Arlington, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$175k - $220k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud and container platforms across Azure Kubernetes Service, AWS Elastic Container Service, and Red Hat OpenShift.
- Engineer and sustain CI/CD pipelines with automated build, testing, security scanning, release, and deployment workflows.
- Develop infrastructure provisioning and configuration automation using Terraform, Helm, Ansible, and Bash.
- Implement container hardening, image assurance, secrets management, runtime security, continuous monitoring, and compliance validation.
- Develop hybrid-cloud migration and integration strategies connecting legacy services, cloud-native platforms, and enterprise mission systems.
- Support resilient platform services including orchestration, service networking, observability, policy enforcement, and secure access.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve complex Kubernetes, cloud-platform, integration, and deployment issues.
- Support secure deployment and sustainment of PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MySQL, and other application data services.
- Produce architecture diagrams, implementation plans, deployment procedures, standard operating procedures, and configuration baselines.
- Evaluate emerging DevSecOps, platform engineering, and cloud technologies and communicate risks, recommendations, and capability assessments to stakeholders.
Requirements
- At least 12 years of general full-time work experience, potentially reduced through advanced education.
- At least 6 years of directly related experience in DevSecOps, platform engineering, systems integration, cloud engineering, or related infrastructure engineering.
- At least 1 year of management or leadership experience.
- Demonstrated experience designing, deploying, and sustaining Kubernetes-based or other containerized enterprise platforms.
- Experience with one or more cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, or Red Hat OpenShift.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automation workflows, secure software delivery processes, infrastructure as code, and configuration automation.
- Strong knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes deployment, orchestration, scaling, and lifecycle management.
- Familiarity with RMF, DISA STIGs, Zero Trust, secure hardening, and cloud-platform security controls.
- Ability to analyze complex technical problems across organizations, systems, and engineering disciplines.
- Baseline DoD 8140/IAT certification, such as Security+ CE, and an active DoW Secret Security Clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field is preferred.
- Preferred qualifications include MDA or DoD modernization experience, Coder Platform experience, cloud-native observability experience, cATO familiarity, hybrid-cloud migration experience, secure database deployment experience, and relevant Kubernetes, cloud, Terraform, Red Hat, or cybersecurity certifications.
Benefits
- On-site position with no remote or telework availability in Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama; or Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
- No relocation assistance is available at this time.
- Day shift with travel of up to 10%.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Retirement benefits including 401(k) matching.
- Educational reimbursement, parental leave, employee stock purchase plan, tax-saving options, disability and life insurance, and pet insurance.
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About Amentum
Amentum provides engineering, operations and maintenance, logistics, and mission support services to U.S. federal agencies and allied governments, including defense and energy programs. Its business centers on large, long-term government contracts spanning defense, space, nuclear cleanup, and infrastructure, with program management and technical services at the core. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, it was formed in 2020 from the spinoff of AECOM’s Management Services division.